Comments on: Pawlenty vs. ethanol…in Iowa https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/23/pawlenty-vs-ethanol-in-iowa/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/23/pawlenty-vs-ethanol-in-iowa/#comment-998 Eri Mon, 23 May 2011 17:35:11 +0000 http://184.73.169.189/?p=1095#comment-998 I agree. I agree.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/23/pawlenty-vs-ethanol-in-iowa/#comment-995 ER Mon, 23 May 2011 17:25:46 +0000 http://184.73.169.189/?p=1095#comment-995 Pawlenty's gutsy stand on ethanol subsidies deserves praise and respect. I've always felt gasohol was welfare for conservative farmers, and a way for clueless liberal city slickers to feel they were helping to conserve energy. Ethanol is a fraud, unless it can be derived by the fermentation of agricultural waste which was destined to be burned or plowed under anyway. Pawlenty’s gutsy stand on ethanol subsidies deserves praise and respect. I’ve always felt gasohol was welfare for conservative farmers, and a way for clueless liberal city slickers to feel they were helping to conserve energy.

Ethanol is a fraud, unless it can be derived by the fermentation of agricultural waste which was destined to be burned or plowed under anyway.

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